Can I read A Force So Swift : Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, 1949 on EtoBox?

A Force So Swift : Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, 1949 by Kevin Peraino is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is A Force So Swift : Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, 1949 about?

New York Times Book Review Editors'Choice • Winner of the 2018 Truman Book AwardA gripping narrative of the Truman Administration's response to the fall of Nationalist China and the triumph of Mao Zedong's Communist forces in 1949--an extraordinary political revolution that continues to shape East Asian politics to this day. In the opening months of 1949, U.S. President Harry S. Truman found himself faced with a looming diplomatic catastrophe--'perhaps the greatest that this country has ever suffered,'as the journalist Walter Lippmann put it. Throughout the spring and summer, Mao Zedong's Communist armies fanned out across mainland China, annihilating the rival troops of America's one-time ally Chiang Kai-shek and taking control of Beijing, Shanghai, and other major cities. As Truman and his aides--including his shrewd, ruthless secretary of state, Dean Acheson--scrambled to formulate a response, they were forced to contend not only with Mao, but also with unrelenting political enemies at home. Over the course of this tumultuous year, Mao would fashion a new revolutionary government in Beijing, laying the foundation for the creation of modern China, while Chiang Kai-shek would flee

Author

Kevin Peraino

Publisher

New York: Crown

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780307887245

Subjects

History, Political Science, Language Learning

Rating

4.23 / 5 (26 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13